settlement projects and land ownership
The third research area, settlement projects and land ownership, aims to raise the awareness of the fundamental economic and social meaning of land ownership and the long history of state-controlled settlement and resettlement in rural areas within the historical sciences. This is a contribution to the understanding of the genesis of extreme violence and ethnic cleansing in 20th century Eastern Europe, complementing and expanding the explanation of radical nationalism.
The research area includes the following projects:
- Research project "Siedlungsprojekte und Landwirtschaftsreform. Netzwerke deutschbaltischer Agrarunternehmer im 20. Jahrhundert"
- "(Forced) Migration and large-scale settlement in modern European history. State-building, ethnic conflict and the economy in the 19th and 20th Century" - international conference in cooperation with the University of Sussex